{{Short description|Indian mystic poet; founder of Dhannavanshi Swami sect}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox religious biography | honorific_prefix = Bhagat | name = Dhanna | honorific_suffix = Bairagi | image = Gilded panel depicting bhagat Dhanna the Jat and his life-story (sakhi) from Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai, Amritsar, ca.1904.jpg | caption = Gilded panel made by the craftsmen of Kucha Fakirkhana depicting bhagat Dhanna the Jat and his life-story (sakhi) from Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai, Amritsar, ca.1904. . | other_names = Dhanna Bairagi Dhanna Jat | spouse = | children = | birth_date = 20 April 1415 | death_date = Early 15th century | birth_place = Chauru, Tehsil Phagi, Jaipur, Rajasthan | occupation = Farmer | death_place = Dhuan Kalan, Tonk District, Rajasthan | known_for = • Founder of Dhannavanshi Bairagi sect<br />• Contributor of 3 verses in Guru Granth Sahib. | religion = Hinduism | sect = Ramanandi Sampradaya | guru = Ramananda | philosophy = Vishishtadvaita }} '''Bhagat Dhanna''', also known '''Dhanna Jat''', '''Dhanna Jatt''', '''Dhanna Bairagi''' or '''Sant Dhanna''' (born 1415<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Datta |first=Amaresh |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo, Volume 1 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1987 |isbn=9788126018031 |pages=79 |quote=}}</ref>), was a mystic poet and a Vaishnav devotee. His followers, who were primarily from caste-based communities, came to be known as Dhanvanshi Swamis. They are spread across various districts in Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana. His three hymns are present in Guru Granth Sahib.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sri Guru Granth Sahib Raags Index |author=Bhagat Dhanna |url=http://www.searchgurbani.com/guru-granth-sahib/author/bhagat-dhanna|access-date=2020-06-05|website=searchgurbani.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Singha |first=H. S. |title=The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (Over 1000 Entries) |publisher=Hemkunt Press |year=2000 |isbn=9788170103011 |pages=60}}</ref>
== Early life == Dhanna was born in Hindu Jat family of Haritwal clan in village Chauru of Tehsil Phagi, in the Jaipur district of Rajasthan,<ref>Darshan Singh, ''Guru Granth Sahib Among The Scriptures Of The World'', Publication Bureau, Punjabi University, 1 January 2004, page 107.</ref> and was a disciple of the Bhakti saint-poet Ramananda.<ref name=":7" />
==Divine powers== thumb|Detail of Bhagat Dhanna from a fresco, circa mid-19th century. There are a number of mystical stories about the divine powers of Dhanna Bhagat. One such states that once he was ploughing his fields, a large number of Sannyasins (Hindu religious mendicants) came to him hungry and sought food. Dhanna Bhagat gave them all the seeds he had kept for sowing his fields, and ploughed the fields without sowing seeds. The fields produced no food grains, but gourds. When his jagirdir (feudal lord) came to collect the levy, Dhanna Bhagat offered two gourds. Surprised and insulted, the Jagirdar broke the gourds in anger, only to find that they were full of pearls. Bhakti-saint Meera refers to this story in her poem, "sun lijo binati mori, main sharan gahi prabhu teri".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6-1|title=मीरा बाई के पद-1 |website=Wikisource |access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref>
== Legacy == Early Sikh literature claims Dharam Singh, one of the inaugural ''Panj Piare'' quintet, was the reincarnation of Bhagat Dhanna.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fenech |first=Louis E. |title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |last2=McLeod |first2=W. H. |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2014 |isbn=9781442236011 |edition=3rd |pages=99}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Fenech |first=Louis E. |title=The Cherished Five in Sikh History |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2021 |isbn=9780197532843 |pages=53–54}}</ref> The Dhaliwal ''gotra'' (clan) claims that Bhagat Dhanna was a Dhaliwal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dogra |first=R. C. |title=Encyclopaedia of Sikh Religion and Culture |last2=Mansukhani |first2=Gobind Singh |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |isbn=9780706983685 |pages=126}}</ref>
==Popular culture== Bhagat Dhanna Ji Temple and Gurudwara is present in Dhuan Kalan Village, Tonk District, Rajasthan
Indian filmmaker Kidar Nath Sharma made ''Dhanna Bhagat'' in 1945 which starred Kamal Zamindar in the title role. In 1974, ''Bhagat Dhanna Jatt'', an Indian Punjabi-language film starring Dara Singh, was released.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja|url-access=registration|accessdate=|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>See also
== Gallery ==
* Hindal
==References== {{reflist}}
== Further reading == {{refbegin}} *Sahib Sirigh, Bhagat-BaniSati`k, vol. I. Amritsar, 1979 {{refend}}
==External links== *[http://jatinchhabra.com/hadi-rani-ka-kund-and-bhagat-dhanna-gurdwara-tonk/ Bhagat Dhanna Gurudwara] *[http://jatinchhabra.com/hadi-rani-ka-kund-and-bhagat-dhanna-gurdwara-tonk/ Bhagat Dhanna Temple]
{{Writers of Guru Granth Sahib}} {{Sikhism}} {{Hindudharma}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhagat, Dhanna}} Category:People from Rajasthan Category:Hindu mystics Category:Hindu poets Category:1415 births Category:Year of death unknown